Scholarships
Scholarship Scheme for Postgraduate Studies
Postgraduate Scholarships will be offered to BUE full-time employees, their families and BUE graduates who wish to pursue studies in the postgraduate programmes as described below.
Discount is applied to tuition only (application fee, UK validation fee and English placement exam fee are excluded).
Academic Masters and PHD

Rules apply to all postgraduates’ academic programmes:
a) A scholarship is terminated if the student fails any single postgraduate module.
b) Qualifying modules (eg. 500 level), if any, must be completed successfully.
c) Students must score a cumulative average of 75% to maintain the scholarship.
d) Students who do not meet the requirement in (c) can be re-awarded the scholarship if they score an average of 75% or higher in the modules completed in one of the two main semesters, computed as cumulative over the entire programme or over the last semester, whichever is greater.
e) Scholarship recipients work commitment:
- BUE Assistant Lecturers receiving a scholarship for PhD must work at BUE for three years following graduation.
- BUE staff other than Assistant Lecturers receiving a scholarship for PhD must work at BUE for two years following graduation.
Professional Masters
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Rules apply to all postgraduates’ professional programmes:
a) Discount does not apply to repeated modules.
b) Qualifying modules (eg. 500 level), if any, must be completed successfully.
c) All Scholarship recipients among BUE employees must consent to work at BUE for two academic years following graduation.
Families of BUE Employees (Sons and Daughters) To apply the same undergraduates’ discount, excluding UK validation fee.
Payment Schedule for BUE Employees: BUE full time employees have the option to pay postgraduate tuition for each semester (excluding summer) in three installments as deductions from their salaries.